Social situations might cause some anxiety, but that's more a side effect of most everything causing anxiety. That said, GAD can exist alongside other anxiety disorders like social anxiety, as well as other mental illnesses like depression.

3.We get anxious over the ~normal~ things like tests, big presentations, first dates, whatever.

You're running late? OK, so do I sit here and do nothing for what could be, like, three hours? Do I start something that will inevitably be interrupted when you get here in five minutes? Did you die on your way over? UGH WHY CAN'T I JUST RELAX?

14.You might think we're prone to canceling plans thanks to anxiety, but we don't do it lightly.